Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Sunday 6 June 2010
adidas have long been known for their performance footwear and they continue to push boundaries in the golf market with the new adiPURE golf shoe. The adiPURE is adidas’ premium shoe in an already impressive line-up. Like the TOUR360 4.0, the adiPURE concentrates on getting the golfer closer to the ground for a more stable base to aid a more consistent...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 10 June 2010
It used to be that super game-improvement irons meant lugging big, chunky beasts around in your bag – but with Mizuno’s new MX-1000 irons, they’ve decided not to conform to this notion. These new weapons of grass destruction are aimed squarely at the higher handicapper looking to improve and get more enjoyment out of their game. They are hollow for additional...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 17 June 2010
The holy grail for modern-day golf manufacturers when it comes to irons is to make a set that is long and forgiving – but without looking overly big. Cleveland have achieved that with the CG7 Black Pearl irons. The clubs are finished in black which makes the head appear smaller while offset, cavity backs and gel-dampening technology make these extremely easy...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 10 June 2010
Hitting a long, towering iron shot is a thing of beauty, but lots of golfers do struggle to get this high launch combined with impressive distance. Our equipment team headed down to a driving range near Peterborough to check out whether Nike’s new Machspeed irons could do these important things! The new irons have been designed with length and launch in mind and the...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 4 June 2010
There can be no doubt that Nike’s Victory Red line of irons are some of the best looking in golf and now the company have expanded the line-up with a new range of woods. And, as you would expect, they are draw-joppingly gorgeous to look at! Nike’s VR STR8-Fit Tour driver is at the head of the new line-up and the...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 24 June 2010
Ping know that you only score points in golf for getting the ball in the hole rather than for how nice your clubs look – and that’s why they’ve made the G15 irons as playable as possible. Their main concern when designing the G15s was to make them as forgiving as they could and this means a large head, wide sole,...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 29 June 2010
For many better players the key to a good iron is the right blend of forgiveness and workability and few manufacturers have done it as well as PING – including the latest instalment in the i Series, the i15. They feature progressive offset and cavities throughout the set to make the shorter irons more playable and the longer irons more forgiving.
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 22 June 2010
It’s not often that an iron will transcend boundaries between game-improver and better-player clubs but the TaylorMade Burner 09 set does just that. The club has been designed primarily as a game-improver iron with forgiveness, high launch and distance very much the order of the day. But TaylorMade designers were keen not to lose too much feel or ruin the aesthetics of...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 29 June 2010
Over the years Wilson Staff have consistently proven that you don’t always have to spend silly money to get great golf equipment and the Wilson Di9 irons are the latest example of this value for money. Retailing at £349, the Di9’s offer forgiveness coupled with great looks and good feel for a game-improver club. The large undercut cavity aids forgiveness and Wilson...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 4 June 2010
The Wilson Smooth driver has been around for a year or two now but it is still getting the job done fantastically in terms of both looks and performance. The club is designed to look like a better-players club with a compact-looking head at address that more traditional players will love. However, more inconsistent players shouldn’t turn and run the other way...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 9 June 2010
Callaway’s new Tour i(s) golf ball, as featured in our exclusive What Gear 2010 section in association with online golf, has been going down a storm in the hands of Tour pros this year. The ball helped Ernie Els end a two-year barren period with his first PGA Tour victory since 2008 at the CA Championship at Doral – and he followed that up...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 22 June 2010
Cobra are renowned for making great drivers aimed at the game-improving player and the new S2 driver, as featured in What Gear 2010 in association with online golf, is no different. The S2 carries on Cobra’s ever-burgeoning reputation in the driver market and even takes it a notch further, introducing Adjustable Flight Technology – which means the head can be set...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Thursday 17 June 2010
No-one does irons like Mizuno according to Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros and that’s particularly true of the new MX-300 irons, as featured in our exclusive What Gear 2010 section in association with online golf. The MX-300 are probably Mizuno’s proudest creation to date because, more than any other range they have launched they combine the playability of an MP iron with the...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 4 June 2010
Since its launch as a prototype on tour last year Nike’s new METHOD putter, as featured in our exclusive What Gear 2010 section in association with online golf, has proven itself to be arguably the most successful putter in golf. Already in its short lifespan it has won two major championships and a number of PGA Tour titles in the hands...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 30 June 2010
If there’s one thing you had to pick that TaylorMade do better than anything else, you’d have to say drivers – like the new TaylorMade R9 SuperTri, as featured in our exclusive What Gear 2010 section in association with online golf. Since its launch earlier this year it has been spotted in the bags of players like Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia,...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Wednesday 10 March 2010
The Acushnet Company, manufacturers of Titleist and Footjoy, has announced the sale of the Cobra Golf brand to German sports company PUMA AG. Cobra, probably best known for its rescue club the Baffler and its array of drivers, is hugely popular with golfers throughout the UK as well as being represented on tour by Ian Poulter and Camilo Villegas. The deal will...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Monday 8 March 2010
Cobra staff player Camilo Villegas secured the third PGA Tour victory of his career with a convicing five stroke win over American Anthony Kim in the Honda Classic in Florida. The Colombian averaged more than 300 yards off the tee and hit almost 75 per cent of greens in regulation as he capitalised on recent good form which has seen him...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Tuesday 30 March 2010
Callaway staff player Ernie Els has catapulted himself among the favourites for the US Masters title after winning his second PGA Tour event in succession at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The South African finished at 11 under par to take the title, two shots clear of his nearest rival. The last four holes were played on Monday following a rain delay...
Written by David Connor, TG Equipment Editor on Friday 12 March 2010
US golfing legend Fred Couples has enjoyed a great start to 2010 on the Champions Tour with two wins and a runners-up finish already – while wearing street-style trainers! Couples is a brand ambassador for ECCO shoes, which are renowned for street-inspired styling but this year they have taken it a step further by introducing a line of golf trainers which...
Written by Jonathan Greathead, TG Senior Equipment Editor on Thursday 11 March 2010
Ever wanted to get your equipment questions and queries answered by one of the industry’s biggest names? Well, now’s your chance! We’ve teamed up with Nike Golf in order to allow you to ask their Director of Product Creation Tom Stites questions about equipment in general – and the best question as judged by the great man himself will earn that participant...